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President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Shri award to folk dancer Matha B. Manjamma Jogati during the Civil Investiture Ceremony-IV at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Shobhaa De | Are Padma awards for the common' man? Not really!

For the very first time in the history of the Padma awards, I felt elated after scrutinising the eclectic list of...

13 Nov 2021 12:35 AM IST

British lawmaker Owen Paterson. (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | It's not just the Owen scandal Spate of sleaze dogs...

Owen, has resigned his seat in Britain's House of Commons, withdrawing from the heart of a scandal that is overtaking...

13 Nov 2021 12:15 AM IST

The concerns that are shared and reflected in the Delhi Declaration are: drug trafficking; refuge to terrorist organisations and their leaders; the impending humanitarian crisis due to the onset of winter and the paucity of resources with the Taliban regime. Representational Image. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | Tackling Taliban-run Af: Difficult path lies ahead

Eight nations issued a joint Delhi Declaration, with twelve sub paras stressing, recalling, condemning or emphasising...

12 Nov 2021 3:07 AM IST

In the run-up to 2024, state elections will be fought by regional parties in defence of a multi-party, multi-location system of democratic politics. Representational Image. (AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | Clash of political cultures lies ahead as 2024 looms

Each election between now and 2024 will challenge the old federal design of authority, power, responsibility and...

11 Nov 2021 3:48 AM IST

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been pressed into ordering a fire safety audit of all government and private hospitals in the state. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Madhya Pradesh ponders letting IAS officers run...

The move to use officers with administrative as well as medical skills worked well for the state given the...

11 Nov 2021 3:07 AM IST

Sunita Narain, director-general of the Centre for Science and Environment, warns that global warming presents the world with an existential threat. (DC File Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can India deliver on 2070 Net Zero Glasgow...

China, has promised to reach net zero levels by 2060, beating India by a decade

10 Nov 2021 2:32 AM IST

The TRAI hoped that the new regulations would reduce TV bills, but it left consumers in a position where they had to pay more for fewer channels. Representational Image. (AFP)

Pradeep S. Mehta | A new mantra for regulation of TV: Know your...

It is a roadmap for policymakers to nudge consumers towards desirable outcomes

10 Nov 2021 1:48 AM IST

The plan to install a snooping device, a veritable looking glass to peer into the Chinese nuclear grounds, on the Nanda Devi mountain, was hatched far away at the Langley headquarters of the CIA. (AP)

Mohan Guruswamy | When India & America had stood shoulder to shoulder

When the going got bad for India, it turned to the Western powers for assistance

9 Nov 2021 3:22 AM IST

After the Prime Ministers encouragement, the then BJP-ruled state of Maharashtra and then Haryana had criminalised the possession of beef, leading to a sequence of lynchings that still continues, though it has dropped out of the news cycle. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Bigotry misfit in modern world: What direction is India...

There is no Muslim chief minister in India today and no Muslim Lok Sabha MP among the ruling party's 303 members

9 Nov 2021 2:24 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Patterson row showed power of press, forced Boris to...

The sharp reaction has shown that no matter how popular the PM, the British people will not take corrupt conduct from...

7 Nov 2021 11:55 PM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Ambiguities remain amid India's pledges at...

PM's quantitative commitments at Glasgow earlier this month require a closer look than usual

7 Nov 2021 10:55 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | Opinion or data, what's the real NaMo story?

Someone has to select the data that goes into the history

7 Nov 2021 3:10 AM IST